Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile

Arrived lightning fast in perfect condition! I LOVED this book! I'm a huge fan of Final Fantasy, VII particularly, and I adore its story and characters, and truth be told it was soooo therapeutic to read, it was soooo calming and peaceful, because that was a REALLY, REALLY tough year full of misery, toil, anxiety and depression. I love its title...."On The Way To A Smile"...I love the characters in FFVII, there were so many positive messages in those stories and it honestly couldn't have made its way into my life at a better time. Because change takes time, and it hurts. But things can be better. They can get better. I absolutely love the way more is revealed about the world and the characters' experiences and the changes they face.

This is a fun read if you are a Final Fantasy fan wanting to get some more story from the VII world. It helps to have at least placed the original game so you understand a lot of the context, otherwise you could get lost.

I loved this book. To learn more about the characters in the game and movie it makes both so much more understanding. This book has some flaws, the written is a bit off, and something’s don’t make a whole lot of sense. But when you get into reading it more it turns out to be amazing. So if anyone orders this book, understand that flaws are okay, I don’t think there’s a book out there that doesn’t have a flaw either way. So for final fantasy 7 fans, I would suggest you give this book a chance!

A great book to read!!!

Really cool set of short stories set between the events of Final Fantasy 7 and Advent Children. Does a great job bridging the gap between the game and the movie. Mostly for hardcore fans of the series.

bueno

Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile is a book of loosely connected episodic short stories that serve as epilogues to Final Fantasy VII, and prologues to Advent Children. There are seven in total each centered around a different character. They are as follows: Episode Denzel: Tells how Denzel became and orphan who met and and was adopted by Tifa & Cloud. Episode Tifa: Tells how Tifa & Cloud started their respective businesses as well as how their relationship became strained. Episode Berret: Details Berret's journey to find atonement for all the lives lost as a result of his actions leading Avalanche, as well as his helping Cid find a replacement for Mako Energy. Episode Nanaki: (aka Red XIII): Details Nanaki's life after returning and leaving home to observe and serve as a witness to the world's events as well as dealing with the fears in his own heart. Episode Yuffie: Details how Yuffie returned to her village, became its healer, her search for a cure for the disease called Geostigma, as well as find ways to prevent & teat it. Episode Shinra: Focuses on Rufus Shinra & The Turks, as they search for a way to rebuild the world after the disaster caused by Sephiroth. Episode Lifestream: This one is split into two parts, Black & White, each with three parts. Each part serves as a book end for each story. Black follows the spirit of Sephiroth in the Lifestream as he attempts to corrupt it as well as creating agents to act in the world directly. White focuses on the spirit of Aerith as she attempts to counter the actions of Sephiroth's spirit by healing the spirits he's corrupted, and finding a means to heal people infected by geostigma before they die. Each episode helps flesh out the characters and events after FF7 and leading up to Advent Children. It also helps explain what geostigma is and how it is spread. Further more, it helps illuminate just who the Revenants of Sephiroth are, how they came to be, and what their (and by extension Sephiroth's goals) were. If you're a fan of FF7 I HIGHLY recommend checking it out. The stories themselves are great, and make the narrative of Advent Children a LOT more coherent and enjoyable. I just wish there were more episodes to follow the rest of the cast like Reeve (Cait Sith), Cid, & Vincent. 4 out of 5

It's wonderful that Western fans finally have the novel that connects the original FFVII game with the Advent Children (Complete) film! It might've been a long time coming, but I'm happy to own a copy of this instead of relying on (the wonderfully done) fan translations. This translation felt completely natural (similar to the recent English Ultimania Vol 2, which I also reviewed), but unlike that Ultimania, I happily didn't notice any translation errors in this. I'm an old-school FFVII fan (from '97-98) so I'm only familiar with the western-released Compilation titles, but this novel does a great job of tying in what challenges the cast face before the madness in Advent Children begins. Since this book's a part of the Compilation project, her name's rendered as "Aerith" rather than "Aeris" (I'm honestly fine with either, since that was a translation error back in the day.) I especially loved the banter between Barret and Cid! And Tifa's feelings (as well as her relationship with Cloud) was incredibly touching to read. You get an honest sense of just how close their family grew before Geostigma seriously affected Denzel and Cloud.

the quality is amazing

Consiglio questo libro a tutti gli appassionati di Final Fantasy VII, soprattutto se hanno apprezzato il film Advent Children. La lettura mi ha tenuta incollata fino all'ultima pagina!

El libro llego a tiempo y en buen estado, quede muy satistecho, muy recomendado

Muy buena calidad